The Trail Of The Hawk

 Since I had just finished a book in which Sinclair Lewis was a character, I thought I would see if I could find the book he wrote about Frances Perkins which is called Ann Vickery. That wasn't available on Libby so I got The Trail Of The Hawk instead. This novel is about a boy named Carl Erickson. He is 9 years old in the beginning. He meets a new girl in his small town and they decide to run away together. Eventually they are found and rescued. Carl grows up working on his father's farm, fishing and trapping and hunting. After high school he goes to a local college but drops out after a couple years. Throughout his early 20's he shuffles from one job to another. He works in Chicago. He hops a train out east. Eventually he gets interested in aviation which is just opening up. He is talented in aviation and for five years he gets along fine. He comes to realize that almost all of his pilot friends have died in plane crashes and decides to change his career. He gets a job designing an early version of a recreational vehicle. At the age of 30 he sees a woman on the street in whom he is interested. He follows the woman and her friend and hops on their bus. He gets off at their stop and watches them enter a house for a party. He goes home, washes up, gets dressed and joins the party uninvited. Eventually they decide to marry. I guess the story is about youthful idealism and ambition.